3 Nazi Spencer fans arrested in Gainesville for firing a gun at counter protesters. Charged with attempted murder. https://t.co/vnroGsKQMO
— Zedward Tweeterhands (@ZeddRebel) October 20, 2017
Richard Spencer is a slimy opportunist who jumped on the “us whites are an imperiled minority” gravy train when Trump’s candidacy demonstrated there was an opening for other grifters. The half-bright cowards and losers who draft into his tailwind can actually be dangerous. Per the Washington Post, “‘Kill them’: Three men charged in shooting after Richard Spencer speech”:
About 90 minutes after Richard Spencer’s speech Thursday at the University of Florida — which generated so much controversy that the governor declared a state of emergency days before the event — a silver Jeep pulled up to six to eight protesters near a bus stop and confronted them, according to Gainesville Police Department spokesman Sgt. Ben Tobias.
The men, whom police identified as white nationalists, threatened the group, making Nazi salutes and shouting chants about Hitler, police said.
One of the people in the group, who were in their 20s and heading home after protesting, hit the Jeep with a baton. It pulled over.
Tyler Tenbrink, 28, of Richmond, Tex., jumped out with a gun, authorities said. According to the Alachua County sheriff’s arrest report, Colton Fears, 28, and William Fears, 30, of Pasadena, Tex., encouraged Tenbrink to shoot, yelling, “I’m going to f—— kill you,” “Kill them” and “Shoot them.”
Tenbrink fired a single shot that missed the people, police said, and hit a nearby building…
Three guys with guns, versus ‘six to eight’ protestors — truly, the flower of white manhood.
Men charged in shooting post Spencer hate event linked to White Lives Matter, Vanguard America, Daily Stormer & more https://t.co/LMA2fffFlC pic.twitter.com/KUA7j6wCwn
— Oren Segal (@orensegal) October 20, 2017
William Fears, one of those arrested in Gainesville re Richard Spencer event, had been at Charlottesville in August.
— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) October 20, 2017
Spencer’s publicity grab seems to have gone off about as expected. Lois Beckett, in the Guardian:
The white supremacist Richard Spencer took the stage at the University of Florida on Thursday after his supporters threatened to sue if he was not allowed to speak.
But minutes after he began to talk, the majority of the crowd of hundreds in the auditorium stood together, raised their fists, and started chanting “Go home, Spencer! Go home, Spencer!”
For the next hour, most of the crowd stayed standing, booing and chanting over Spencer’s remarks as he angrily compared the crowd to a mob and to “immature preschoolers who aren’t ready for ideas that might get a bit challenging”.
“You can’t hide,” the audience chanted back at him, “You support genocide!”
Over the screams and boos, Spencer answered a series of audience questions but spent much of his time berating the crowd, many of them University of Florida students, for heckling him.
“You are trying to shut down a dissident intellectual,” Spencer told the roaring crowd. He reproached them for not appreciating “the most important free speech event of your lifetime”.
At one point, Spencer did a quick little caper onstage, dancing along to the chants against him and waving his arms sardonically…
Spencer is Sideshow Dick — except the Simpsons cartoon character had better writers.
… Law enforcement officials wearing riot gear and helmets watched the raucous auditorium from balconies on either side of the stage. The event was overwhelmingly peaceful, with what appeared to be only a handful of arrests related to the event, though local law enforcement had yet to release full details by the time Spencer finished speaking.
More than 500 protesters had amassed outside the event, chanting and waving anti-Nazi and anti-racist signs. One teacher from Gainesville held a large piece of paper that read “Remember Heather Heyer”. Two students held a sign that said “Get out of my swamp”. Many protesters carried signs or wore stickers that showed the Nazi swastika crossed out.
The university’s president said that providing security for Spencer to speak had cost more than $600,000, and long lines of state and local law enforcement officers surrounded the Phillips Center, which was cordoned off behind elaborate barricades. A long list of items that could be used as weapons, from firearms to sporting equipment, posters with sticks to water bottles, were forbidden from being brought into the protest…
"Florida Man" is United States term for vicious imbecile, who leaves injury in his wake and brings shame upon all who encounter him pic.twitter.com/EZU4XgGuXB
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) October 19, 2017
I don’t punch people — or I’d never stop. But, to quote Chris Rock, I can understand the impulse…
Charlottesville permanently ripped the facade off. Spencer had to surround himself with every last pointy-headed Aryan meth cook in America.
— Zedward Tweeterhands (@ZeddRebel) October 19, 2017
A far cry from 9 months ago, when he felt safe preaching his bullshit on the streets of the nation's capitol on Trump's big day.
— Zedward Tweeterhands (@ZeddRebel) October 19, 2017
SiubhanDuinne
Thems guys is scary!
Felonius Monk
@SiubhanDuinne:
Take their guns away and they are just whiny little chickenshits.
Uncle Omar
The one on the right (as we look at them) looks as though he shot up his meth and his buddies’, too.
Eric U.
they are suing Penn State because the Pres. Barron announced Spencer wouldn’t be allowed to speak here. Hopefully they stick with that.
I had to delete my twitter account. I logged on yesterday, and the whole gold start family debacle just pissed me off so much I decided deletion was the best option.
Arclite
Whatever happened to the guy that fired his gun at Charlottesville? Was he ever arrested?
debbie
@Eric U.:
They’re also suing Ohio State.
These doughy clowns are pathetic. Even Hitler would be embarrassed
SiubhanDuinne
FB friend cried out for help. I asked a mutual friend what was going on with her. He casually mentioned “custody battle because of her drug problems.”
I had no idea. How could I have not had any idea? I feel really stupid and unobservant.
SiubhanDuinne
@Felonius Monk:
True, but they have these FACES….
Roger Moore
@Felonius Monk:
That’s the kind of person who is scariest when they’re armed. They get guns because they’re terrified of everything, which makes them far more likely to use those guns than somebody who’s self-confident.
rikyrah
Yesterday, 21% of Puerto Ricans had power.
Today, 12% Do.
The Federal Government’s Incompetence + Racism Is KILLING THESE AMERICAN CITIZENS.???
debbie
I like, “This is what democracy looks like!” a whole lot better.
Also
That’s the last thing I’d ever call Richard Spencer.
(((CassandraLeo)))
@SiubhanDuinne: A lot of people are really good at hiding their problems from the outside world, whether it’s drugs, depression, or any number of other issues. In particular, a lot of people overestimate how much drugs interfere with many people’s ability to function from day to day. For most people who develop problems with them, they’re not a problem until they’re a problem, if that makes sense. And of course, people who are clinically depressed are perfectly capable of putting on a sunny façade, which they are encouraged to do by our societal stigmas against mental illness and expressing (some) emotions in public.
In short, it’s not your fault for not noticing. People usually only let us know what they want us to know about themselves.
MomSense
@SiubhanDuinne:
Oh no! She will need lots of support, professional help, and hope that she can have a healthy future with her children.
Major Major Major Major
@SiubhanDuinne: don’t be too hard on yourself, Subaru, those are things people go out of their way to hide.
Ladyraxterinok
Was an adjunct at the U of FL 65-66. It was a very different world for me. Learned Gainesville has 4 syllables.
MomSense
@rikyrah:
It’s an outrage. They are literally abandoning millions of American citizens.
Anne Laurie
@SiubhanDuinne:
Any chance the mutual friend could be repeating unverified info — rumors spread by an angry ex, shall we say?
No way for me to judge, but I understand there’s lots of women get blindsided by bad-mommy accusations during custody fights, and when they protest, they get slammed again because ‘see we told you she was a hysterical lying unfit beeyotch’…
JCJ
@Major Major Major Major:
Good evening MMMM. I know you like drawing and I thought you might be interested in a movie I saw this week. It is called “Loving Vincent.” It was a story set after Van Gogh’s death. The movie was illustrated with Van Gogh style artwork. It was quite different animation.
Another Scott
@Arclite: He was arrested in Baltimore in August:
The poor, poor, misunderstood Klan. :-/
I haven’t seen anything about a trial for him (or the others).
Cheers,
Scott.
SiubhanDuinne
@Anne Laurie:
It’s certainly possible, although doesn’t fit with what I know of any of the principals, including Mutual Friend. Staying out of it for the time being; prepared to reach out as a friend when and as appropriate.
Major Major Major Major
@JCJ: well thanks, I’ll have to look it up.
Baud
@Major Major Major Major: Have you been AWOL?
SiubhanDuinne
@(((CassandraLeo))):
Thank you. I’m sure you’re right — in fact, I know you are (I’m pretty good at hiding my own issues from the outside world, just would have thought I’d be better at picking up signals from other people). But I’m not beating myself up. If she needs me, I’ll be there for her.
EBT
One of the guys arrested is the What About the Memes guy who got his ass kicked a few months ago.
https://twitter.com/wyatt_privilege/status/921493453250363392
SiubhanDuinne
@MomSense:
I hope so. She’s not a close friend, but I’ve always liked her, adore her two little boys, and was saddened when she and her husband split.
Mnemosyne
Oh My Disney did a DMV takeover with sloths for International Sloth Day and it’s really frickin’ adorable.
Major Major Major Major
@Baud: From…?
El Caganer
@MomSense: Trump doesn’t care because (a) they aren’t white, so he hates them, and (b) they can’t vote in presidential elections, so he can ignore them.
Major Major Major Major
@EBT: oh, awesome!
Betsy
Best part?
“The chant that drove Spencer up the wall was when we broke into the call/response of ORANGE…BLUE. It went on for 10 minutes.”
Go Gators
lamh36
Reposting cause everyone needs to see it and smile!
OH MY GOD!!! How much do I love that HRC went on Graham Norton!
I love the Graham Norton Show!
Ugh…Obama yesterday, HRC today…makes me so sad to remember what we had and what we COULD have had instead of this shit show that is DJT
https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/921490434064498689
Baud
@lamh36: Fun to watch her curse. I agree completely.
Baud
@Major Major Major Major: From BJ. I don’t know why it seems I haven’t seen your comments in a while. Could be my poor memory.
chris
This is how you punch a Nazi.
Loudly and peacefully.
kindness
As many of the WWII veterans have died off Nazis have come creeping back into the light. My father & uncle fought in that one. They never would have tolerated Nazis. And they were Republicans.
Funny how things have changed. Now it’s the President playing his version of Abbie Hoffman.
Major Major Major Major
@Baud: I’ve mostly been doing mornings and later nights.
A Ghost to Most
@Felonius Monk: Cosplay Nazis. It’s the ones who don’t march around who we should keep an eye on, like the cretin who left the nail bomb in the airport.
Ohio Mom
@kindness: How can you compare Abbie Hoffman, who was on the right side of history, and funny, with (shudder) Trump?
lamh36
@ReignOfApril
Retweeted Vulture
Did Weinstein respond to any other specific actress? Or are y’all seeing what I’m seeing. ?
Mnemosyne
@lamh36:
I think he said that Courtney Love’s long-term complaints were bullshit, but I also suspect that she’s telling the truth and that’s why he hit on her — she’s so well known to be crazy that everyone ignored her, just like they ignored the equally crazy Rose McGowan and Asia Argento, even though McGowan’s claim was solid enough to get her a settlement.
I read Nyong’o’s essay and found it completely plausible. She has much greater credibility than he does, which is another reason he’s trying to hit back at her.
Mnemosyne
@lamh36:
Also, too, given that Nyong’o said in her essay that he did not understand her total refusal to work with him after she was an established actress, I also find it plausible that he does, in fact, remember things differently, because he’s a serial rapist and doesn’t think he did anything wrong.
Mnemosyne
Okay, I needed this:
Literally Just GIFs of Women Destroying Shit
frosty
@SiubhanDuinne: I just had a similar experience at a work meeting. “How are things?” “Oh, my youngest is failing (health) my husband was diagnosed with cancer and I’m getting a divorce.”
We went on with the meeting.
Original Lee
Grrrr. So tired of being No True Scotsman’d by alleged friends of a friend. I guess that’s what I get for trying to inject a few facts into a discussion amongst Trumpista Flying Monkeys. Basically getting old, the whole dance of them calling me a liar and then turning around when I call them out on it, “Oh, I’d never call you a liar. But your source is fake (or false, or mistaken, or otherwise wrong). The last one was about the location of the raid in Niger. “Oh, honey, that atlas [from 1980] was from before Google Earth. It’s not accurate any more.”
Ruckus
@SiubhanDuinne:
Remember the young guy I worked with that was found dead in his car on Thursday? It was a lot worse than we thought and our best guess of why wasn’t the reason. I talked with my boss this morning and am not going to discuss this online any further, other than to say it wasn’t good at all.
Tokyokie
@Mnemosyne: Those GIFs need the opening of Sam Fuller’s The Naked Kiss. Look it up if you don’t know it already.
some guy
@Betsy:
It was my pleasure. and my niece saw me on her twitter feed, and I finally made that girl proud.
was louder than the south endzone of the Swamp in there. Fuck Nazis.
PS: the arresting officer was Sgt Diaz of the ASO. hee indeedy!
opiejeanne
Nothing to see. My mistake.
Shalimar
It seems simpler to make them pay for security than outright preventing them from speaking. Let them challenge that in court. Spencer has enough family money that he doesn’t need a job, but he isn’t paying $600k to speak to 20 supporters and a few hundred protesters.
Interrobang
That DPRK News tweet is the funniest thing I’ve seen all day and then some. Bang on!